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13/04/2012
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Device helps improve the health of patients waiting for transplantation
The state hospital Dante Pazzanese in Sao Paulo, has just received approval for use in patients, the first artificial heart developed entirely in Brazil, according to the Ministry of Health
The first surgery will be performed in five patients who will receive the device connected to the natural organ. The device is suitable for patients who do not respond to the use of drugs and appropriate control of the liquid circulating in the body.
The goal is to improve the health of the patient who is in the transplant waiting list waiting for a compatible donor, according to Jarbas Dinkhuysen, chief of transplantation at Dante Pazzanese and principal investigator of this phase of the project.
After surgery, patients stay in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) during the first two weeks postoperatively, with subsequent transfer to semi-intensive unit to continue with the implanted device.
The assistance of the artificial heart will be given a minimum period of 30 days, because only from this period that starts the possibility of the natural heart shows signs of improvement and increase patient survival.
The artificial heart can not be used in patients over 65 years of age or weighing less than 40 kg, with an episode of pulmonary embolism in the last month, prolonged intubation (more than 48 hours), report of CPR in the last 24 hours , acute neurological sequelae, acute or chronic renal failure with creatinine level greater than 2.5 mg / dl or urea above 100 mg / dl, liver dysfunction with total bilirubin greater than 3 mg / dl and active infectious or bleeding disorders.
Source: R7 News
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